
How Georgia-born education leader made mark before 1973 assassination
ajc.com > education...He served two terms as chair of the Alabama Public Charter School Commission and formerly taught middle and high school social studies in Philadelphia... ...Marshall is an assistant professor of educational research in the College of Education at Auburn University.... ...By Robert Maranto and David T. Marshall.... ...Spencer wrote in the one book on Foster, "In the Crossfire: Marcus Foster and the Troubled History of American School Reform," when a white female...

Woodstock woman hurt when car strikes tree
dailyfreeman.com...Basia Kiminski, 75, of Woodstock was northbound on Rock City Road at about 6:25 p.m.... ...Sunday, March 26, when she swerved off the road and struck a tree, Police Chief Clayton Keefe said....

Georgia Supreme Court hears arguments concerning state's abortion law
ajc.com > politics...The Georgia Supreme Court will soon decide whether the abortion law the Legislature passed in 2019 should remain in effect -- or if, as attorneys... ...In 2019, Georgia passed a law that bans most abortions once a doctor can detect fetal cardiac activity, typically about six weeks into a pregnancy... ...Fulton Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney in November ordered the state to no longer enforce the 2019 law, which had been in effect in Georgia... ...Solicitor General Stephen Petrany, representing the state, said that it doesn't matter whether the law was not constitutional when it passed the...

Gwinnett County school board extends superintendent's contract
ajc.com > education...The board made its decision at a special meeting at Peachtree Ridge High School.... ...The Gwinnett County school board voted 4-1 Tuesday to extend the contract of Superintendent Calvin Watts an additional two years.... ..., concerns over student behavior and district discipline policies and most recently possible changes to the sex education curriculum.... ...Watts and the board frequently faced criticism over pandemic procedures, the unsubstantiated belief critical race theory was being taught in schools...

Fate of many bills is in doubt on final day of Georgia lawmaking for ... - The Atlanta Journal Constitution...
ajc.com > politics...Unlike in Congress, bills in the Georgia General Assembly face a hard deadline Wednesday, the 40th business day of this year's legislative session... ...A frenzied day of voting at the Georgia Capitol will decide the fate of some of the state's most contentious bills, including proposals for $6,500... ...Under House Bill 237, sports betting would be allowed through the Georgia Lottery without amending the state constitution, and the proceeds would... ...Brian Kemp is pushing legislators to approve a bill that would provide $6,500 per year in vouchers to attend private schools....

Spelman College caps capital campaign at $339 million
ajc.com > news > atlanta-news...Campbell and board chair Rosalind Brewer -- praised the entire Spelman community for what she called a historic achievement.... ...Evoking the old African adage that it takes a village to raise a child, Gayle -- joined in a virtual celebration by her predecessor Mary Schmidt ... ...the Coca-Cola Foundation, ExxonMobil Foundation and the Alfred P.... ...Spelman received a $40 million gift from Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and his wife, philanthropist Patty Quillin, that summer....

Woodstock driver, business face multiple charges after wheel comes off trailer: OPP
msn.com > en-ca > autos > news...) ( ?) ( ?) ? ( ??) ( ??) ( ?) ( ??).... ...(Türkçe) United Arab Emirates (English) United Kingdom (English) United States (English) United States (español) Venezuela (español) Viê?t Nam (... ...OPP in Brant County, Ont., say 16 charges were laid against a truck driver and Woodstock business after two wheels came off a trailer on Highway... ...multiple "traffic hazard" calls around 9:30 a.m. 24 near Wayne Gretzky Parkway....

Every guitarist should hear this isolated guitar track of Jimi Hendrix performing Voodoo Child live at Woodstock...
news.yahoo.com...Jimi Hendrix's performance at Woodstock festival on August 18, 1969 has come to be regarded as the electric guitar's defining moment.... ...It is also, arguably, the most famous performance by any rock musician, ever.... ...the electric experiments of Muddy Waters in Chicago and John Lee Hooker in Detroit to the sophisticated swing of B.... ...British writer Charles Shaar Murray eloquently explained the song's origins in his definitive Hendrix book, Crosstown Traffic....

One-on-one bonding: Things to do with grandkids this week - The Atlanta Journal Constitution
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Kemp could sign measure to give state new power over DAs - The Atlanta Journal Constitution
ajc.com > politics...Brian Kemp could soon sign a measure to create a new state board with powers to punish or even oust local district attorneys as Republicans seek... ...Kemp and other GOP leaders have advocated for the bill to sanction "rogue prosecutors" they see as ineffective or inept.... ...Indeed, it is Athens-Clarke County District Attorney Deborah Gonzalez -- and not Willis -- who has emerged as a prime example for supporters of the... ..."There's issue after issue after issue," state Rep. Houston Gaines, an Athens Republican, said of Gonzalez....